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Overview of the Collection

Biography

Scope and Content

Restrictions

Related Material

Administrative Information

Bibliography

Detailed Description

Manuscripts, undated, 1927-1959

Powys Family Collection

Biography

Theodore Francis Powys

Theodore Francis Powys was born 20 December 1875, in Shirley, England the son of Charles Francis (a clergyman) and Mary Cowper (Johnson) Powys. A farmer, novelist, short story writer and essayist, Powys attended Dorchester Grammar School. He married Violet Dodds in 1905 and had three children: Charles "Dicky", Francis, and Theodora Gay "Susan" (adopted). Powys died 27 November 1953, in Sturminster Newton (some sources say Mappowder), England and is buried in Mappowder, England.

John Cowper Powys

Educator, critic, novelist and poet John Cowper Powys was born 8 October 1872, in Shirley, Derbyshire, England the son of Charles Francis (an Anglican clergyman) and Mary Cowper (Johnson) Powys. He attended Corpus Christi College (M.A.) and was awarded and honorary doctor of letters from University of Wales. Before becoming a writer full-time i in 1934, Powys was a lecturer in literature at Universities in England and the United States (1904-1934, winters). Powys married Margaret Alice Lyon in 1896 (died 1947). They had one son. He died 17 June 1963, in Merionethshire, Wales.

Llewelyn Powys

Llewelyn Powys was born in 1884, the fifth son of Charles Francis (an Anglican clergyman) and Mary Cowper (Johnson) Powys. He died in 1939. [Specific biographical details can be found in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 98: Modern British Essayists. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book. Edited by Robert Beum, The Gale Group, 1990. pp. 270-284.]

The largest collections of Powys's papers are in the Everett Needham Case Library, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York; and in the Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.

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Scope and Content

The collection consists of manuscripts and correspondence of four members of the Powys family: (John, Theodore, Laurence (Francis) and Gertrude May (1877-1952); and newsclippings, portraits (sketches), and photographs. Also included is a portfolio of wood engravings by Gertrude. The bulk of the collection concerns John Cowper Powys and was acquired from him by a collector, Rex Parady. This portion of the collection includes correspondence between Powys and Parady in which Powys identifies various manuscripts and other items.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

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Related Material

Archives and Special Collections has a substantial collection of literary manuscripts and books. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.

Monographs have been catalogued and information is available through the Libraries' online catalog, HOMER.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, Folder #], Powys Family Collection. Archives and Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Purchased in 1968 from Mr. Parady. Monograph collection was augmented by purchases by the Special Collections Department after acquisition of core collection.

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Bibliography

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